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• The George Washington University (Washington DC)
GWU is looking to hire a tenure-track Assistant/Associate professor in Epidemiology with a focus in methodology or non-communicable disease epi, including those with a focus in dementia or aging. Feel free to reach out to Melinda Power (power@gwu.edu) with informal questions. To apply, please access the posting: https://www.gwu.jobs/postings/57300

Position Description Summary:
The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics of the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health (GW SPH) is recruiting for a dynamic and innovative full-time tenure track or tenured faculty member at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor of Epidemiology. The successful candidate will develop a program of sponsored research as well as teach and mentor graduate students in epidemiology. Academic rank and salary will be commensurate with experience.

The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics oversees the MPH, MS and PhD programs in epidemiology, MPH program in biostatistics, and the MS program in public health microbiology and emerging infectious diseases, and collaborates with the Department of Statistics for the MS and PhD programs in biostatistic

• The University of Texas Health Science Center (San Antonio)

Full description is available here, and you may also visit the posting on Nature Jobs website.

Postdoc with a quantitative background sought for an interdisciplinary research project designed to address the disconnect between observational studies and RCTs in dementia prevention.

This work will include (a) analyses on risk factors for dementia in data from up to 8 observational datasets, (b) analyses implementing causal inference methods, and (c) writing/presenting papers on this work.

The postdoc also comes with protected time to develop a unique K, F, or R grant.

The position is at GWU, but you will work alongside a distinguished team from GWU, UCSF, Harvard, UC Davis, and UCLA, including Melinda Power (GWU), Maria Glymour (UCSF), Jaime Robins (Harvard), and others.

Preference will be given to candidates who can start in the winter/spring, but candidates with later potential start dates will also be considered.

For further information, please contact:
Prof. Melinda Power (power@gwu.edu)
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Milken Institute School of Public Health
George Washington University

• California Dementia Epidemiology Postdoctoral Training Program
This is a unique postdoctoral training opportunity with openings at any of four University of California campuses (with primary mentorship from Dr. Elizabeth Rose Mayeda-UCLA; Dr. Rachel Whitmer-UC Davis; Maria Glymour-UCSF; or Dr. Maria Corrada-UC Irvine).
- More information about this opportunity is available here.
- Contact: Victoria Mansour or one of the PIs listed above.